Why Were Victorian Elites So Effective?

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UniversityFrom school, most elite Victorian men went on to Oxford or Cambridge (‘Oxbridge’). Nonetheless, some elite and quasi-elite Victorian groups followed alternative educational pathways. Although Victorian schoolboys and university students got up fairly early for chapel, the day of an upper-class Victorian adult started late.

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